The Howling Commandos is the name of several fictional groups appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The team also appears in the franchises developed for other media.
52-602: The first group of Howling Commandos (introduced in their own 1963 comic book series) was an elite unit of the United States Army Rangers formed in World War II . The original team consisted of: Occasional other members would join for an issue or two before being killed, transferred, or otherwise leaving (such as Fred Jones in issue #81). Also daringly for the time, the series killed Fury's girlfriend, British nurse Pamela Hawley, introduced in issue #4 and killed in
104-586: A London air raid in #18. A second Howling Commandos team was introduced in the 2005 series Nick Fury's Howling Commandos as a supernatural unit that works for S.H.I.E.L.D. Its members were: A third group of "Commandos" are introduced in Mighty Avengers #13. After discovering the Skrull invasion , Nick Fury assembles a team made up of the offspring of various superheroes and supervillains. This team members are: In Secret Warriors #4 and #5 as seen during
156-575: A "Baroness"; while most domains have the ability to interact with each other, the borders of each domain are clearly defined and travel between different domains is discouraged as it requires special dispensation from the local Baron or from God Emperor Doom himself. Only the Deadlands (which contains the Marvel Zombies ), Perfection (which contains the Ultron Sentinels), and New Xandar (which contains
208-829: A 10-page framing sequence in #6. In annuals #1 and #3, the Howlers reunited for a special mission each in the Korean War and the Vietnam War , respectively; annual #2 found them storming the beaches at Normandy on D-Day in 1944, and annual #4 was a flashback to the Battle of the Bulge . One latter-day story was published in Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #1 (July 2009), as the cover logo read; its copyright indicia read Sgt. Fury & His Howling Commandos One-Shot #1. The 32-page story, " Shotgun Opera ",
260-399: A German POW camp ; "The Peacemonger" (#64) [about a World War II conscientious objector ]; "The Deserter" (#75), an allusion to the real-life execution of Private Eddie Slovik ; "The All-American" (#81), Al Kurzrok 's tale of a man [caught] between the twin microcosms of sport and war; and ultimately, "The Reporter" (#110), an account of a journalist faced with the [question of] when might
312-409: A book sell even with the worst title Lee could devise. Lee elaborated on that claim in a 2007 interview, responding to the suggestion that the series title did not necessarily seem bad: It did at the time. First of all, it was too long for a title — we didn't have any that were six words. And "Howling" was a long word, and "Commandos" was a long word. I got the name "Howling Commandos" because in
364-770: A competition where several individuals, taken from Battleworld and the reborn Multiverse, fought to the death on behalf of each Elder. The highest prize was the Iso-Sphere which contained within the Power Primordial, the concentrated and most powerful form of the Iso-8. After assuming control of the Power Primordial that the Grandmaster and Collector were competing for, the Battleworld version of Maestro recreates Battleworld to its previous form as he had previously vowed that he would become
416-472: A human life be forfeit? Many feel, also, that #46's tale, "They Also Serve", should be included ... for that story might as easily have been called "The Medic".... At his best, Ayers' art in Sgt. Fury showed "a clear, forthright storyteller, excellent in medium close shots with a subtly out-of-focus background. He blended large panels with thin or small ones for movement, and often provided vast, cinemascopic panoramas for his writers to work with.... [E]ven in
468-607: A material identified as the byproduct of creation itself. When the Elders of the Universe of the restored Earth-616 realized that the Multiverse had endured a death and a rebirth, the Collector and Grandmaster discovered the remnants of Battleworld and resolved to fight for the possession of the Iso-8 and used the broken shell as the arena (known as Battlerealm) for their Contest of Champions ,
520-749: A military base in England to fight specialized missions, primarily, but not exclusively, in the European theatre of World War II , eventually going as far afield as the Pacific theatre , Africa , and, once each, in the Middle East and on the Russian front . Fury fell in love with a beautiful English nurse , Pamela Hawley, who is killed in a German bombing raid on London before he could propose to her. The Howling Commandos' earliest (but not first-published) assignment occurred in
572-451: A mysterious young girl who actually represents a pocket universe that gained sentience during the multiversal collapse, appears to give her life to save the citizens of Arcadia from a horde of Zombies which made the stars appear in the sky. This Battleworld would eventually collapse after God Emperor Doom's Beyonders' power was transferred to Reed Richards , who was considered by Doom himself and Molecule Man to be more worthy, and rectified
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#1733085295609624-423: A scene that would ordinarily be static you could feel his characters breathing." Inker Severin "took the art even further, laying dark, scratchy inks" that gave grit to Ayers' pencils. Ayers himself "liked the results of John Severin's work on Sgt. Fury immensely", he said in 1977. "He added details beyond what I'd put in. He always seemed to go one step beyond." Friedrich continued through #83 (Jan. 1971), with
676-536: A squad of oddball GIs — sort of an adult Boy Commandos ", referring to a 1940s wartime "kid gang" comics series Kirby had co-created for DC Comics . Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos followed an elite special unit, the First Attack Squad, nicknamed the "Howling Commandos", which was stationed in a military base in England to fight missions primarily, but not exclusively, in the European theatre of World War II . Under Captain "Happy Sam" Sawyer, Fury
728-461: A suburb of Denver, Colorado , from Earth ), to create Battleworld, intended to provide an unfamiliar environment where all contestants could use their powers to the fullest. Many peoples, both alien and human, were brought along "for the ride" by this method; it was because of this that Spider-Woman II was on Battleworld, as was Zsaji, the healer, who had brief romances with both the Human Torch of
780-607: Is led by Sidewinder and its members include Ruby Red, Myers, and Buzzkill. Phil Coulson later formed his version of the Howling Commandos to combat Dormammu 's Mindless Plague. The team consisted of: A new team of Howling Commandos under the command of S.T.A.K.E. were part of the All-New All-Different Marvel led by the rebuilt LMD of Dum Dum Dugan and under the supervision of Warwolf . It consists of: In Fury and Fury: Peacemaker by Garth Ennis ,
832-650: Is may be due to the Beyonder's nature as an incomplete Cosmic Cube , which allows the wielder to alter reality by force of will, or was an aspect of the "heart's desire" promised by the Beyonder and granted to the winners of the Secret Wars. All the heroes left the planet, except for Ben Grimm . He stayed behind because he was able to change to and from his human form while on the planet's surface; his adventures were recounted in his own side-series while She-Hulk took his place in
884-564: The Dark Reign storyline, it is revealed that 1200 S.H.I.E.L.D. agents refused to join H.A.M.M.E.R. following Norman Osborn 's rise to power. Under the leadership of Dum Dum Dugan and Gabe Jones, they became a private military company which is hired by Nick Fury to fight against both Hydra and H.A.M.M.E.R. A new incarnation of the Howling Commandos is ordered to apprehend the Punisher after he relocates to Los Angeles . The black ops version
936-760: The Battleworld domain of Monster Metropolis which is located beneath the Kingdom of Manhattan. It consists of Frankenstein's Monster, Invisible Man, Man-Thing, Marcus the Centaur, N'Kantu the Living Mummy, and Werewolf by Night. The WWII Howling Commandos appear in media set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe . Following their first appearance in the live-action film Captain America: The First Avenger . In
988-638: The Disney+ animated series What If...? episode " What If... Captain Carter Were the First Avenger? ". The MCU team and their other affiliations: Members added after the timeline of Captain America: The First Avenger : Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos is a comic book series created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee and published by Marvel Comics from 1963 to 1981. The main character, Sgt. Nick Fury , later became
1040-585: The Fantastic Four and Colossus of the X-Men . In the aftermath of Secret Wars , the planet became infected with cosmic energy when the Beyonder reclaimed his stolen power from Doctor Doom . This led to a "wish fulfillment" phenomenon whereby force of will could alter reality; for example, repairing Captain America 's unbreakable shield or allowing Mister Fantastic to create a way to take them quickly home. This
1092-596: The Imperial Japanese Navy attacked the base on December 7, 1941, and Red was among the many killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor . Sawyer recruited select U.S. Army Rangers to his "Able" Company. Sawyer assigned Fury the command of the First Attack Squad, nicknamed the "Howling Commandos". They and the Second Attack Squad (the "Maulers", led by Sgt. "Bull" McGiveney, with Cpl. "Ricketts" Johnson), and, later, Jim Morita 's Nisei squad were stationed in
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#17330852956091144-966: The Korean War , where Fury received a field promotion to lieutenant , and in the Vietnam War , each in a summer- annual special, as well as at a present-day, fictional reunion gala in issue #100 (July 1972). The Howling Commandos appear in media set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe . Their number includes Bucky Barnes ( Sebastian Stan ), Dum Dum Dugan ( Neal McDonough ), Gabe Jones ( Derek Luke ), Montgomery Falsworth ( JJ Feild ), Jim Morita ( Kenneth Choi ), Jacques Dernier (Bruno Ricci), Happy Sam Sawyer ( Leonard Roberts ), Junior Juniper (James Austin Kerr), and Pinky Pinkerton ( Richard Short ). The Howling Commandos appear as NPCs in Captain America: Super Soldier , consisting of Bucky Barnes , Jim Morita, Dum Dum Dugan, and Montgomery Falsworth. To this day, Stan claims that [the replacement for
1196-470: The miniseries Beyond! . It was constructed by the Stranger posing as the Beyonder for the purposes of studying various combatants from Earth under the guise of battle. This faux Battleworld was destroyed at the end of the miniseries by the departure of the irate Stranger with Gravity holding it together long enough for his group to escape at the cost of his life. Gravity was later resurrected by Epoch as
1248-689: The ( Annihilation Wave ) are separated from the rest by the Shield (a giant version of Ben Grimm ) because each contains threats that if loosed would destroy the other domains. Battleworld is enforced by the Thor Corps who serve as Battleworld's police force who answer to God Emperor Doom. Battleworld is orbited by a small Sun , in fact the Human Torch , consigned to the role for acting against Doctor Doom. Knowhere acts as Battleworld's moon . Besides these two and Battleworld itself, there were originally no more celestial bodies in its universe until Singularity,
1300-599: The 1970s observed, ... Sgt. Fury #45 took a firm moralistic stance for the rest of the series by premiering what would become one of the most acclaimed series of stories in comics: the Gary Friedich "The" series, beginning with "The War Lover". ... Future stories in that fashion — all but one written by Friedrich — would center on what war could do to "The Assassin" (#51), the tragedy of a man turned hired liquidator, his family held hostage by Hitler 's Gestapo ; "The Informer" (#57), an observation on loyalty and trust, staged in
1352-582: The 2014 film Captain America: The Winter Soldier , they are shown in an exhibit at the Smithsonian in which they are specifically identified as Howling Commandos. They make appearances in the live-action television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode " Shadows " and the Agent Carter episode " The Iron Ceiling ". Additionally, alternate timeline versions of the Howling Commandos appear in
1404-589: The Army there was a group called the Screaming Eagles . And I loved the sound of that. So I figured we'd have the Howling Commandos. Comics-artist contemporary John Severin recalled in an interview conducted in the early 2000s that in the late 1950s, Kirby had approached him to be partners on a syndicated , newspaper comic strip "set in Europe during World War Two; the hero would be a tough, cigar-chomping sergeant with
1456-661: The Beyonder, and the third was created by Doctor Doom by stealing the power of the Beyonders . The first Battleworld debuted in Secret Wars (1984) #1, and was created by Jim Shooter and Mike Zeck . The second Battleworld debuted in Beyond! , and was created by Dwayne McDuffie and Scott Kolins . The third Battleworld debuted in Secret Wars (2015) #2, and was created by Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribić . The Beyonder merged dozens of fragments from many planets (including
1508-489: The Deadly Dozen , which lasted nine issues from 1972-1973. The Howlers guest starred in #6 and #11 of the former series, and #4 of the latter. Lee explained the series's transition to reprints: "... so much fan mail came in from readers who wanted more of Sgt. Fury , but we didn't have time, I didn't have the men to draw it, I didn't have the time to write it, and we were busy with other things, so we just started re-printing
1560-510: The Fantastic Four. After Ben returned home—he had defeated Ultron and slain his manifested dark side Grimm the Sorcerer— the planet had no more reason to exist and broke apart. It is unknown whether all pieces returned to their home planets; the fragment of Colorado was ferried back to Earth with its citizens and the Secret Wars' villains by Molecule Man . A mock Battleworld appeared in
1612-630: The God-King of Battleworld. To combat the remaining players, Maestro summoned the remnants of the Avengers and Thunderbolts from an alternate reality where Iron Man became President of the United States after winning the superhuman civil war as well as summoning Sentry of Earth-1611 to deal with the remaining Contest of Champions competitors. When the Iso-Sphere was stolen from Maestro by Outlaw, he used its power to banish Maestro from Battleworld and teleport
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1664-905: The Gulf War. The convoy was attacked by the Iraqi Republican Guard, killing all but Fury. Dum-Dum Dugan appears in the present day, hinting that he was elsewhere at the time. During the Ultimate X-Men comic, Nick Fury dispatches a special S.H.I.E.L.D. unit to protect the Triskelion from elements of the Academy of Tomorrow, who came to break out one of their own. A new version of the Howling Commandos appeared in Ultimate Comics: Ultimates #20; S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Monica Chang grants Nick Fury and ex- Hydra soldier Abigail Brand to take on
1716-554: The Howling Commandos were an OSS special operations unit created by Fury and modeled after the SAS. Most of the unit's lineup were wiped out following D-Day, and only Fury and two other members survived (one of whom is most likely Dum-Dum Dugan, who appears in Fury MAX ). In the Ultimate Marvel universe, Howling Commandos were a US Army Ranger unit, escorting an imprisoned Wolverine during
1768-571: The Marvel style, I bet it'll sell." Battleworld Battleworld is a fictional patchwork planet appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . It serves as the setting in Secret Wars comic book storyline published by Marvel Comics. There have been three Battleworlds in total. The first was created by the Beyonder , the second was an imitation created by the Stranger pretending to be
1820-402: The artificial reality. As part of the " All-New, All-Different Marvel " event, it is revealed that the reality where Battleworld was fashioned was identified as Earth-15513 and became a distorted portion of time and space after the destruction of the planet, however due to Battleworld's reality having been the epicenter of this Multiversal renewal, it became rich in a substance known as Iso-8,
1872-669: The attention of Lieutenant Samuel "Happy Sam" Sawyer when Fury and Hargrove were training British Commandos in low-level parachuting. Sawyer was serving with the British Commandos in 1940 and underwent training by Fury. Sawyer enlisted them for a special mission in the Netherlands . Nick and Red later joined the U.S. Army , with Fury undergoing basic training under a Sergeant Bass at Fort Dix in New Jersey . Both Fury and Red were stationed at Schofield Barracks , Oahu , Hawaii when
1924-530: The autumn of 1942. They were to recover British rocket scientist Dr. Henry MacMillan from a German military base in occupied Norway . Their success brought them to the attention of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill , who incorporated the unit into the British Army , and given the title of "Commandos". The Howlers fought against the likes of German General Erwin Rommel and inter-squad bigotry , often in
1976-487: The books, and strangely enough, the reprint versions of Sgt. Fury sold as well as the original ones had!" The final issue, #167 (Dec. 1981) reprinted the first issue. Seven annual publications appeared, the first titled Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos Special King Size Annual #1 (1965), and the remainder titled Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos King-Size Special #2-7 (1966 - Nov. 1971), with hyphen and sans "Annual". The final three contain reprints only, save for
2028-456: The canceled title The Incredible Hulk ] was the result of a bet between him and Goodman. As Stan tells, Goodman told him their books were selling because of buzzwords like Amazing , Fantastic , Mighty , and Incredible . Stan answered that the Lee-Kirby style was responsible ... and offered the following challenge: "I'll do a war book with the worst title I can come up with, but if it's done in
2080-481: The first issue. The series ran 167 issues (May 1963 - Dec. 1981), though with reprints alternating with new stories from issue #80 (Sept. 1970), and only in reprints after issue #120 (July 1974); at this point the formal copyrighted title in the indicia , which had been simply Sgt. Fury , was changed to match the trademarked cover logo, Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos . Following seven issues by creators Lee and Kirby (who returned to collaborate on #13 and on
2132-459: The growing power of Hydra. The full team finally makes its debut during the Dark Ultimates ' attack on Earth. Besides Nick Fury, Monica Chang and Abigail Brand , the roster consists of Punisher , Falcon , Stature , Dum Dum Dugan , Danny "The Ghost" Ketch , Emil "The Abomination" Blonsky , and Hercules During the Secret Wars storyline, a variation of the Howling Commandos resides in
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2184-461: The late part of this run having reprint issues alternating with new stories. He returned for the even-numbered issues from #94-114 (Jan. 1972 - Nov. 1973). Sgt. Fury ran concurrently with two other, short-lived Marvel World War II series, Capt. Savage and his Leatherneck Raiders (later titled Captain Savage and his Battlefield Raiders ), which lasted 19 issues from 1968–1970; and Combat Kelly and
2236-520: The leader of Marvel's super-spy agency, S.H.I.E.L.D. The title also featured the Howling Commandos , a fictional World War II unit that first appeared in Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #1 ( cover dated May 1963). Stan Lee has described the series Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos as having come about due to a bet with his publisher, Martin Goodman that the Lee-Kirby style could make
2288-557: The new Protector of the Universe. A third Battleworld appeared in the Secret Wars (2015). Before the incursions destroyed the Multiverse , Doctor Doom , the Molecule Man , and Doctor Strange had defied the godlike entities behind the catastrophe: the Beyonders . Doctor Doom used a secret weapon made up of a multitudinous number of Molecule Men to defeat these Beyonders and usurp their omnipotence for himself. Afterwards, he salvaged
2340-415: The opening and closing pages of #18), penciller Dick Ayers began his long stint on what would be his signature series, penciling 95 issues, including two extra-length annuals . John Severin later joined as inker, forming a long-running, award-winning team; he would, additionally, both pencil and ink issues #44-46. The series' only other pencilers came on one issue each by Tom Sutton (which Ayers said
2392-534: The remaining realities and merged them into Battleworld, made in his own image and filled with mindwiped residents who worshipped him as God Emperor. In truth, it was actually the Molecule Man who had absorbed the Beyonders' power and Doom was being lent it. To hide this, Doom kept the Molecule Man hidden away and claimed that he had died. Battleworld was divided into domains which are ruled by an appointed " Baron " or
2444-474: The same story. Antagonists included Baron Strucker , Captain America 's nemeses Baron Zemo and the Red Skull ( Adolf Hitler 's protégé), and other Axis villains. The Howlers encountered Office of Strategic Services agent Reed Richards (later Mister Fantastic of the Fantastic Four ) in issue #3 (Sept. 1963), and fought alongside Captain America and Bucky in #13 (Dec. 1964). They reunited for missions in
2496-407: The series' "The" stories: "The War Lover", a shaded exploration of a trigger-happy soldier and the line drawn, even in war, between killing and murder. Daring for the time, when majority public sentiment still supported the undeclared Vietnam War , the story balanced present-day issues while demonstrating that even in what is referred to as "a just war ", a larger morality prevails. As one writer in
2548-458: Was "done that time I asked for a furlough and reassignment") and Herb Trimpe ("They shuffled Trimpe and me around, [him] to Fury and [me] and Severin to [The Incredible] Hulk " Ayers recalled.) Roy Thomas followed Lee as writer, himself followed by Gary Friedrich , for whom this also became a signature series. Ayers said in 1977, "Stan Lee left Fury first to Roy Thomas because the superheroes were gaining in popularity at that time it
2600-436: Was best he concentrate on them", referring to the young Marvel's then growing line of superhero comics, such as Fantastic Four and The Amazing Spider-Man . "I must admit I resented somewhat those superheroes taking Stan away from Fury !" Friedrich began as a co-scripter of issues #42-44 (May–July 1967). The Friedrich-Ayers-Severin team began in earnest, however, with #45 (Aug. 1967), the first of what would be several of
2652-448: Was by writer Jesse Alexander and artist John Paul Leon . In addition to Fury, the elite special unit of U.S. Army Rangers nicknamed the Howling Commandos consisted of the following: In issue #34 (Sept. 1966) it is shown that a young Nick Fury with his friend Red Hargrove, left their childhood neighborhood to pursue their dreams of adventure, eventually settling on a daring wing-walking aviation act. Their death-defying stunts caught
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#17330852956092704-408: Was the cigar-chomping noncom who led the racially and ethnically integrated unit (racial integration was unusual for the then-segregated U.S. military, though possible in elite special forces units). Lee was obliged to send a memo to the color separator at the printing plant to confirm that the character Gabe Jones was African American , after the character had appeared with Caucasian coloring in
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